FEBRUARY 5, 1859.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 105 
stia slant to vegetati — — 2 M a TT the n: I made another experiment with White Globe T urnip manure. Either explanation is howe ver unsatisfactory, 
weight of Turnips prone | per | on sandy * land at Dirleton, the land had A an ong | and w . need not reason too closely in the present case, 
— with a saving of 12%. per acre. The superiority of | . 
jo "Nos. 3 and 4 is very marked. But I was not sur. in Grass d had carried only one w — | Other trials w ill ina tend to elucidate the question, 
at this result, as I tried, 2 ed p alone last | bein sgot enge up. The fo llowing is the we — and in the mean time 
, against e yee arch ee The posten ig pom ewt. qr. | at Cirene ester for suggesting the idea, and communi- 
pne a E cheaper mixture with super. | ewt. guano and 1 qr. bone dust Look S. acre je ating the inconsistent results of 
rather a Mu decided advantage over dissolved 1 — E po sided PT 15 o | | the experiment. G. P. S. 
being a mixture of rapodust — —— 24 cwt. — que - 25 Indian guano : 9 2 | Scottish Agric e —AÀ nany Srnie in 
ee value as No. 1 But the result i is much i in | ewt ^ osphate Peruvian guan 10 12 20 various parts of the U nited Knee yo say “ my farm 
0 24 cwt. Peruvian ano and E brown sul- “ 
favour of guano; the 8 of — 52 pein, wt, | 8 ian, gum , x n n 48 is all regularly drained ;” but few say “the sub- 
ee pa Du eel it "Had Wes lust ‘and dis 5 cwt. Peruvian guano 8 oil betw cen and rine the gron from each ia 2 F 2 0 
=» bones M 1 owing o any Kind of cro 
hate been used, the E ra have been | The whole, will be observ ved, are a very 5 erop, | g p 
T w come to No. 6, whe try to find a | tl a depth beyond the reach of 
— fate for guano, —4 ua. —— is sili favour of No. i yard dung 5 equ — any dy hin phe such as the por of Mangel 
pat the deficiency „ : Wurzel? Hence since draining is the first sure step 
The experiments at Saltcoats are of little value, the | , Scott Ski irving, ear 3 then rex zz E - — 4 towards agricultural progress since so many men 
i dean ry bad. ihe — Ps — 7 ei rat s scu: do dig dux experiments, an 1 ilie depend on aome for 1 there n few 
come io adus hill m rf partly from — "feedi ©; | numerals referring to those given out by the Club :— estt N " at there i - TM e rh 3 2 * 
— ploughed in Tune for all the frost — X las — ek wore rrt Se t — agriculture’ - (ari 
|: ewt. | tageous f 
winte e part where the experiments w dn 1. Home mixture—say 3 ewt. Peruvian guano sepan tageons n Gazette, e, p 835 p 1858) But 
was end times ae Age Hier un with as e A e imd; Ga. 15 bones ‘with n pro- what has at in -— e spent T have 
| lied at the ite TT ie per imperial acre xem the 2 2 E pot ype 13s. 94. and 8 diei irt of 6 y i fo cuttin "the | — * 42 
ipi „ 2. 2 ew . eruvian guano at an ewt e yards tor 1n nr! 
| nce not to reach 1 'r imperial — is most a Vis ogg boo joies 744.—2L 138. 44d... 13 12 obe) deep at 90 feet in Prieto d These are filled with 
| acter c al L the fm "o i E at Ste, 2 E, isi pipes 14 inches long, which cost 22s. 6d. per thousand. 
P m very m rom a caterpillar ammonia at 20s,—91. 75. 3d. 15 1 | To this large outlay must be —— the 7 con- 
| — known as “ black Jack. They eag rok the lea 4. Dissolved bones, Rape dust, sulphate of | nected with the cutting of the n drains and filling 
| of the be in p — — on one Purple-t — necem d qe phate of lime, in en | ~ them with larger pipes = cutting the E we ud 
I cou y known as Skirving's Top] 5.1. 4 ewt. eravian 15s. 15 4 * Ä ^ fem drains. Some fi 
were otal de by din, but the Swedes partially | 6. II. 2 ewt. Peru n guano, mi d E nd Qui extensive farm and the 
[reo ind — guano (mixed ab home) .. m bes 12 me Jie betw d 7s. for ‘the carta cartload of 
| I Wanton guano and 2 ewts, dissolved i» a; | limes the price of the lime at the pe was 10d. per 
form 3 t x É| S Dissolved de.) — bones, Wost 1 ndina boll bd I within 4 "but its — 2 15. 
* . guano, eruvian — (all equa per if not paid within the time specified. e 
1. 4 ewt, Peruvian guano, at 216 0013 19 511 3 A 3 22 
2 tomt Peruvian guano, 4. Sev West 9. v. 8 AM ds insole et dones 5 13 10 . of that extensive farm drained it in four, and 
} ndian, at 11. 2 4 0112 3 3 5 18 Ibs. Rape dus l 3 t e lied sd bed: f lime per acre within five con- 
$ er Peiras guano, and 2 ewt. dis- A 3 10. II. 2c ink Peruvian mech * 2 owt. West ben ive y What does such an outlay for a parallel 
: an : 18 16 
3 N. af ite ee We dun E38 | eee — te of oda, à m "sulphate of i Hs eer 100 1 of the farm jor 19 youre 
E. 5 c pe dust, at 7s. ; 3 cwt. cones, TUS PHAR pt 3 2 ewt, Per vien — TJ ut T super- at ond eckoning o wor -for sad rth of the pl 
B. e 3 phosphate 14 12 idi of th hof. the whole farm to 
ö 3 € 8 phate, 3 "wt. nitrate, pani a ere er 13. 2 m 20600 guano and 2 cwt. “Califor T ; be limed Aries — the hen five consecutive yea 
| ae Pie Ke ge. Harvest Lalo of 
.4cwt phosphe-Peruvian, at 124. 2 8 0/1313 2 7 ; emperance arves our. In your paper 
No. ? 3 f experiments, of a more clayey — mÀ — MÀ that “the practical Jan. 29th there is an article from — Bath — West 
eer othe Besides the bine list c of experiments, I made conclusion, x ia (— g Rri e eee PO] England Agricultural Society's Journal on the de 
wo'others—one with B not t it = 
EU — — ir Dalan concen neentrated p fhe g^ 9 — Ludi nem cogn editt, im eee ene eee but structive effects of payment of any part of labourer: 
to No. also phospho- hi wages in cider, with a notice of a movement in Here- 
—.— ac 75 white Turnip — a ight soil Another remark he had to — was, that he thought chem : 
D A dirus Ps : n lig ell; aginst tho they should all w more Mang i Wer The teak fordshire, headed b I.P. nd the local clergy, to 
| E 9 — Cigalie against which it had to con- | done so for the last eight or 10 years, and while it had substitute parochial tea parties for labourers and — 
— . s even here No. 1 shows a decided superiority ; the | never failed with him, Turnips o m * 5 — ers wives instead of unlimited supplies of cider to celebrate 
re of No. 5 is the worst. Nos. 2 and 3 exactly the same, | ca: : I v “h t , doubt that drink: 
and Nos.4 and 6 the same. The experiment was y the same, | coincided with the results shown in Mr. Hop "Mee " une a 
É— — imperial acre—eight drills in each ee. weighed | m ents by the use of salt; and was 2 option that “thers is the curse and will be the ruin of Great Britain - 
P Pi a. Mex of the whole being ea ae ste - = was enou en gogn o of sal * e the Soil of itself, and no more 2 effe tual 1 check is og speedily found, and a 
season ali ould be added to 
manures the br — ee of testing t 3 it may be interesting and useful to 
31st of 4 : 
Mr. Hope, Penton ton Barai; said: I have umi ; E. Correspondence. Mon of pet on a e sang " DES 
me the result of amie ex dd ert Su .—We are indebted to a writer in a recent uds saan to mention that on the farms of the 
the trial I Mais with different manures in the po regia of your Gazette for the idea of using the| Right Hon ir Benjamin Hall at Llanner, in South 
of — Tu noir? ^ * to ise that the soil on | ro plough between the ridges of land for Wales, ever iig is conducted during the hay and corn 
which the experim or ; is naturally of au root crops, and the plan. might be extended by subso d 
- lent pe y—Im = his „ without either beer or cider. The men are able 
M was dunged on the sia during the ‘eu io ridges. If this were done early in the year and to work much better, and are not only free from all 
e extent o t leas dtr pie g dry followed in due at by the horse hoe, the effects of | degrading imd 
1 me k 
E bought ran of ante qdalit g feared, but favourable results seizures so common in summer which frequently cause 
and intended to sow 100 aly of eight drills S 27 inches | 05 be anticipated fron the fia * meia! d on is — death where the harvest is worked upon in- 
i soil. iment detailed in the toxicating drinks. I am not now prepared to state 
weig i 
up od purpose. The be d the article above referred to was satisfactory, so far as the | every particular, though no doubt they might be pro- 
length Ah KA drills with th B 60 90 fet Fd ha, d o ent single subsoiling meerned, as it appeared that the | cured in detail, but every vas receives in money the 
on four times in place ol sid. Qa fos E of crop of Mangel Wurzel on the subsoil rid ual | value 8 per ie re- 
i ure was sown pace ot a t certain hat the g 101554 ee on the manur tt res on the | eeiving his pay ‘for is work, on condition 
was not 100 yards in length. ial it was found just groun ich was both manur soiled fell | that no 3 "quor i is bronght on the premises; 
| GOyards. This made the quantity applied one piren P Short of what might have been iy from the | also a beverage (called in Wales Gd: Dwfr) is freely - 
. more than I intended; however, I resolved to make the bined operation, and throws considerable doubt 2 Pace a mag employer, being one part sweet skim 
he same. In order to test them better, eight | f the trustworthiness FFF water, Which is found 
: — 1 nothing, except of course the manure on the these: emi L) neem which Nee 12 tons of ee to 5 sitom Eo as milk undiiuted 
i bble with the others. The whole 80 yards in length per acre s 8ewt. per acre. (2) The land would do. Tea mixed and hot is served 
: of eight drills of. of each were taken up an | weighed, and ind y was uem etd yielded 26 tons per acre. (3) The|round at four o'clock with bread and cheese, 
^ ii hich was subsoiled and manured yielded 28 tons| brought to the field ready cut for each man, and 
| are cael ated, peg the Scotch acre the following table a M was, in fact, no more difference in the another supply of the sing is carried round between 
6 ths cases than would be found in different plots of 6 and 8 4 if the weather allows of 1 continuance of 
N the Ta aes Mis had recei 5 ived ed uniform treat- | labour. en bay making begins, and : 
: m Tons ewt. qr. Ib. Men nbsoiling appears then in this case to have receive ee e value of the 2 allowance of 
: Aer Peur guano . 1 11 : 7 equivalent, or nearly so in effect to 12 tons of beer besides dur i labour wages Da the supplies of 
an wt —_ 3 7 0 —.— ud ere in these two cas RC t milk water, and two meals of tea, and bread and 
20 1 was m some 1 | after 6 o'clock. 
b nitrate of soda, M RE 27 tons of roots frt But in the third dd un Fat Aas due is i erii i PM 
I Md emi aut fort case the | remark is needed to prove that this is striking at the 
LI edendi 42 aet. — N " vielen d 8 yield, k. adds root of the evil so much to be deplored. It is not more 
e Nalodal ^ s e above yie i —it ensures promotes. 4 
Guaranteed Company, bought four Mr. this? How can this small return for this libera 1 morality, 0 
North Berwick 
* 17 0 3 lay be explained? for if the 12 tons had been a will do more to check excess 
EM IS w 4b 4 dress tons in the first case, i z 
8 D; hom in all the produce would probably have accomplish. It 
14 iip. This ps | are forced into habits 
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P 
ered from the fly, but what got no special ma onsidered an unwarrantal i i 
wer, ally as well M eme |t but a comparison of ma 7 experiments shoe that | to drink, when a crust of „ 
cy i and when singled with the others these ts Soareaty any limit to the 7 1 acre that of water would often ce; 
. indeed, y be obi of this aa B. uring;|to their sinking 
ruined. fter harvest No.4 id. taking the av nure, a M reach. further 
S (hein E ET tt ‘ment, oe we Pe tot ba bo f far "e ‘aie In ‘manage | desired i 
over nothing is 3 tons & ewt. by th anced by | 15 tons for the natural produce per acre of land in gi 
same being 8i. 5s. 6d., or about 208. per heart, 5 „ | 
Guano and taoa milar experiment with yellow manure. To return, t belie n Bnew e 
nereala acei moro. f *r a uio de ieee een the or rotate 
— owt, guano wore nea y in the case un 
— a wretched d Lais. i answered, tha inthis osene rl the man 
orth Berwick for the National | have been washed down below the reach of 
Manure Company, 2, Moorgate Street, London. e ee 
